Steem Quiz. Find 1 BTC - who will be first?
Hey guys this is quiz time!
You will be able to withdraw 1 BTC, if you are the first, to find the private key. This is no joke, just check, I transferred right before 1 BTC to this address. The winner please post that you were first, upvotes welcome ;-)
I will split into parts.
First Part: QR code
Second Part: Blowfish
Cipher block chaining Blowfish encrypted with the first part as a key:
fCWBLoeH6/o=
Third Part: Binary
In Binary:
01101110011101110101001101000010011011110111101001001110011011110111000001000101010100110101101000110010
Fourth Part: Find the characters
Find the following characters. Numbers counting as words, capital and non capital letters as they appear.
W = Word, L = Letter
In this very article (first chapter):
W21, L3
W3, L2
W27, L2
W48, L3
In the Bible (ESV):
Ezekiel 1:9 W6, L1
Ezekiel 7:26 W1, L1
Ezekiel 14:14 W22, L3
Corinthians 10:25 W1, L1
Fifth part: Shifting Characters
From the previous key parts take the character on the position P and go X further though the alphabet (negative means backwards). Leave the capitalization as it is.
P9, X+2
P4, X+3
P6, X-1
P31, X+0
P2, X-5
P5, X+8
Sixth part: Translating Words
First characters of the english words. Bold means the character should be capitalized, normal not.
Beware. There could be more words with that meaning. Try google translate :-)
German: Jahr
Italian: chitarra
Spanish: flecha
Frensh: se leva
Russian: разбавить
Seventh part: another Format?
Ok this is the rest of the private key. Somehow the format changed. This was only 7 characters. Don't know, why they are double now? Do you know why? :-)
526f5938644a70
wow
looks like someone is moving it -- please explain the steps
1 and 2, Nothing to do
3 nwSBozNopESZ2
4 nioptDeE
5 qkmejq
6.JgARd
#7. I couldn't figure this out.....
please let me know if I was even close. thankx
I got similar (but not the same results)
Part 1: 5KXNaH
Part 2: X2Uf5w
Part 3: nwSBozNopESZ2
Part 4: niovEDgE (we differ here, i think i may have used wrong text/version of bible?)
Part 5: switching based on above
Part 6: YgARd (I had translation as Year. I think you put Jahr "J" by mistake)
Part 7: RoY8dJp I converted the string from hexadecimal
My result:
5GXQiGX2Wf5wnwSBozNopESZ2niovEDgEYgARdRoY8dJp
Hopefully the real key is posted soon so we can see where we went wrong :)
So far no one has come forth as the winner, and timotirado hasn't posted mentioned that someone cracked the code. This was fun though. I did some and learned things that I probably wouldn't have otherwise, especially as it pertains to the inner workings of cryptotech. Pretty cool on that note, kinda like a treasure hunt.
so the QR code was easy, wasn't sure
that it was part of the key, should've know. duh. But I thought it was to unlock code for part 2. Can you explain part 2 and 7 more please. and yes you are right on 6 anoth "Doh!"
Congratulations, to the winner. Sadly you didn't post here?
This was the key:
5KXNaHX2Uf5wnwSBozNopESZ2nhovEDgEWQGDFiYgARdRoY8dJp
NO idea. HAHA
Lol me too
aw cmon its not that hard. try it ;)
I'm starting to think :) maybe in a week or two this BTC will be mine :D
And will go to the sea with that money :)
1 week? you must be kidding ;-)
or two :) not so sure... i'm still stuck at second part :)
maybe you have even 2 weeks. Its maybe not getting popular and only a few are trying.
@bruno-nirello I am afraid not
stuck at the last part ;)
Can I get a hint for last 45 characters? :)
yea, its a D in there ;-)
blowfish.decrypt('fCWBLoeH6/o=', '5KXNaH', {cipherMode: CBC, outputType: string});
output: "CÔ>vS"
I can't understand what i'm doing wrong. Please, when someone get this BTC to write here to all who want to learn - how he did that.
No idea wich library you use and wich parameter sequence you need. maybe the other way around?
I've tried 4 online decryption tools. All of them shows me different results.
Should the result be clear string without special chars?
And is this the plain text "fCWBLoeH6/o=" or it is the result?
Too much work.
quiz is fun, not work ;)
and seriously. 1 BTC in less than an hour is too much work??
i tryed cbc blowfish decrypt and he asks me the frase.... no idea
maybe you try the given key :-)
i tryed decrypt, nothing happens, but when a try encrypt i got a key, dunno if its right
@lioliomir the given string is the encrypted result. The key is the previous part. make sure, that you use the right character format.
So the brute force is the only way to get the plain text?
no?
man they say its wrong the number of caracters, can you say how many it is?
Congratulations! - Someone has made the transfer.